The bar chart illustrates the proportion of men, women and children who ate five servings of fruits and vegetables each day in 8 years from 2001 to 2008 in the UK.
Overall, it is observed that women have taken higher amount of fruits and vegetables in their meals, while children consistently accounted for the lower percentage. Furthermore, we can see there is significant increase in the proportion of people having these items over the period given.
For women, the percentage of consumption started over 20% and has gone to peak in 2006 with around 35% before falling slightly to 30% later in 2008 for the mentioned food items.
In terms of Men and Children, eating fruits and vegetables the rate remained relatively stable in the first three years at around 12% and 17% respectively.
From this point, the proportion of men climbed gradually to peak of about 27% in both 2006 and 2007, after which it dropped to 26%. A similar growth in the figure for children was evident reaching 25% in 2007 and around 24% in the final year.
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of
men
, women and
children
who ate five servings of fruits and vegetables each day in 8 years from 2001 to 2008 in the UK.
Overall
, it
is observed
that women have taken higher amount of fruits and vegetables in their meals, while
children
consistently
accounted for the lower percentage.
Furthermore
, we can
see
there is significant increase in the proportion of
people
having these items over the period
given
.
For women, the percentage of consumption
started
over 20% and has gone to peak in 2006 with around 35%
before
falling
slightly
to 30% later in 2008 for the mentioned food items.
In terms of
Men
and
Children
, eating fruits and vegetables the rate remained
relatively
stable in the
first
three years at around 12% and 17%
respectively
.
From this point, the proportion of
men
climbed
gradually
to peak of about 27% in both 2006 and 2007, after which it dropped to 26%. A similar growth in the figure for
children
was evident reaching 25% in 2007 and around 24% in the final year.